by liam | May 11, 2013 | appearances, comics, education, literacy, Teacher's Guide, writing news
I recently ran a four week Writing Comics Workshop for young writers at the amazing Toronto Public Library. Each Saturday, I met with 25 creators aged 8 – 12 years and we went through the steps to writing our own comics. We focused on using words to create story...
by liam | May 7, 2013 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news
A few months ago, I was honoured to be asked to be one of the judges picking the YA Best Books for 2013 on behalf of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. I blogged about getting all the books and then making the decision about would make the cut with a team of...
by liam | May 4, 2013 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds
Since we launched the Multi-School Minecraft server in early 2012, myself and my GamingEdu pals have received a lot of questions about it. The most common question is usually: “What the heck is the Multi-School server and how does it work?” It can be...